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US5067913A
US5067913A US07/525,524 US52552490A US5067913A US 5067913 A US5067913 A US 5067913A US 52552490 A US52552490 A US 52552490A US 5067913 A US5067913 A US 5067913A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/422—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/422—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means
    • H01R13/4223—Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical connector, move specifically to means to prevent tab electrical contacts and receptacle electrical contacts from striking or overriding one another when mating connectors are to be mated.
  • Conventional electrical connectors comprise a cap housing for retaining one or more tab electrical contacts and a plug housing for retaining one or more receptacle electrical contacts.
  • Such cap housing is mated with the plug housing to make electrical connections by inserting tab sections of the tab electrical contacts into receptacle sections of the receptacle electrical contacts.
  • each tab electrical contact and receptacle electrical contacts of the electrical connectors are normally made by stamping and forming an electrically-conductive metal sheet.
  • Each tab electrical contact has a tab section and a wire-crimping connection section.
  • the tab electrical contacts are inserted into the housing cavities and retained therein with the tab sections extending from a front surface of the housing cavities.
  • each receptacle electrical contact comprises a so-called box-type receptacle section to receive and engage with the tab section of the tab contact and a wire-crimping section. These two sections are completely inserted and retained in the plug housing.
  • the electrical wire-crimping connection of the tab electrical contacts is made by using a crimping tool known as an application tool.
  • Such tab section tends to be bent up to form a so-called "bent-up" portion from the central part of the crimping connection during the above-mentioned wire-crimping operation.
  • an object of the present invention to provide an electrical connector to solve the aforementioned problem by providing means to restrain the base portions of the tab sections in the radial direction of the cavities at the front ends thereof while the tab contacts are retained in the housing, thereby correcting the "bent-up" portions of the tab contacts.
  • one of the mating connectors has tab contacts to be crimped to electrical wires and retained in cavities of a cap housing while the other electrical connector has receptacle contacts to receive the tab contacts in electrical contact relationship and to be retained in the cavities of a plug housing.
  • the tab sections of the tab contacts in the one electrical connector extend through the front ends of the cavities of the other electrical connector.
  • the one electrical connector has restraining sections at the upper edges of the cavities extending in their radial direction to engage with the tab sections adjacent to their base portions.
  • the restraining sections preferably extend forwardly from the front ends of the cavities.
  • the restraining sections press the tab sections of the tab contacts at their base portions in the radial direction of the cavities if there exists "bent-up" ends of the tab sections of the tab contacts.
  • the "bent-up" ends of the tab sections are corrected to their normal condition before being inserted into the receptacle sections, thereby avoiding such "bent-up” ends striking against the receptacle sections of the receptacle contacts or overriding the front ends of the receptacle sections.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of mating tab and receptacle connectors of the present invention with the two connectors separated;
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the connectors in a half-mated condition
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a tab contact
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the tab connector
  • FIG. 5 is a front end view of the tab connector in FIG. 4 as seen from the right.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show mating connectors, i.e., tab connector 10 and receptacle connector 11.
  • Tab connector 10 comprises cap housing 12 made of an electrically-insulative material and a plurality of tab contacts 14 inserted and retained in cavities 13 disposed in both vertical and horizontal rows.
  • Receptacle connector 11 comprises receptacle housing 15 made of an electrically-insulative material and a plurality of receptacle contacts 17 inserted and retained in cavities 16 disposed in both vertical and horizontal rows.
  • Cap housing 12 has mating section 12a extending forwardly from front surface 18 at which the front ends of cavities 13 are located and back sections 12b coupled to mating section 12a by way of integral hinges 20.
  • Plug housing 15 has mating section 15a to be inserted in mating section 12a and back sections 15b coupled thereto by way of integral hinges 22.
  • Tab contacts 14 are made of an electrically-conductive metal sheet by a conventional stamping and forming technique and each comprises tab section 14a, crimping-connection section 14b crimped to a stripped section 24a of electric wire 24, insulation-clamping section 14c clamped onto electric wire 24 at insulation area 24b and projections 14d.
  • housing lances 25 are positioned between projections 14d to engage with shoulders 14e of contacts 14 and projections 26 of back sections 12b for engagement with sections 14c, thereby limiting back and forth movement of tab contacts 14 in cavities 13.
  • Each receptacle contact 17 is made of an electrically-conductive metal sheet by a conventional stamping and forming technique and comprises a so-called box-type receptacle section 17a, crimping-connection section 17b crimped to a stripped portion 27a of electric wire 27 and insulation-clamping section 17c clamped onto insulation portion 27b of electric wire 27.
  • Receptacle section 17a comprises resilient member 17a' raised from a bottom wall with a slope at the center of the bottom wall, arcuate resilient member 17a" extending from the front end of the bottom wall towards the back, and leaf member 17"' wrapping both resilient members 17a', 17a" therein from both sides of the bottom wall in a sleeve shape.
  • Housing lances 23 and projections 28 of housing 15 extend into each cavity 16 for engagement with receptacle sections 17a and clamping sections 17c of receptacle contacts 17 to limit back and forth movement of receptacle contacts 17 in cavities 16.
  • Each tab section 14a of tab contact 14 is inserted between member 17a" and leaf member 17a"' of receptacle section 17a and due to the resiliency thereof thereby making electrical contact therebetween.
  • electrical connection to stripped portion 24a of electric wire 24 is made by crimping it at crimping-connection section 14a of each tab contact 14.
  • Such crimping connection is made using a conventional crimping tool.
  • the tab contact 14 tends to be bent up at the front portion 30 starting at section 29 and including tab section 14a, as shown in phantom in FIG. 3, when such crimping connection is performed.
  • restraining sections 31, as best shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, are formed to extend radially and forwardly from the upper front edges of the walls of cavities 13 and having flat engaging surfaces 31a to correct such "bent-up" portions of tab contacts 14 when the tab contacts 14 are to be inserted in cavities 13.
  • engaging surfaces 31a engage with the upper surfaces of tab sections 14a near the base sections to bend them downwards simultaneously with insertion of tab contacts 14 in cavities 13.
  • This will correct bent-up portions of tab sections 14a and straighten them; in other words render them essentially perpendicular to vertical front surface 18, thereby allowing corrected tab sections 14a to be inserted properly between resilient members 17a" and 17"' (see FIG. 2) of receptacle sections 17a.
  • the length of the radial extension of restraining sections 31 into cavities 13 from the inner surface of cavities 13 is formed to the extent to correct up to about 7 degrees of bent-up portions of tab sections 14a.
  • resiliency and misaligned ends of members 17a" of the present invention enable proper insertion of tab sections 14a between members 17a" and 17a"' even if restraining sections 31 extend slightly excessively to bend the front ends of tab sections 14a downwards from the horizontal line or tab sections 14 were already bent slightly down.
  • restraining sections 31 will reduce the length of the tab sections 14a from the front end of cavities 13 to the outer ends as compared with conventional tabs thereby improving the strength of the tab sections 14a to preclude rocking or back and forth movement that may be encountered when inserting tab sections 14a into receptacle sections 17a.
  • the length of the forward extension of restraining sections 31 is chosen so that the front ends of sections 31 do not hit the tops of receptacle sections 17a when housings 12, 15 are completely mated with each other.
  • any bent-up portions of the tab sections of the tab contacts that may be caused during the crimping operation to electrical wires will be automatically corrected to a straight and proper condition by restraining sections of the housing thereby ensuring proper insertion of the tab sections in receptacle sections of the receptacle contacts without causing tips of the tab sections to strike or override the front ends of the receptacle sections.
  • the restraining sections protect deformation and damage of both of the tab and receptacle sections.
  • the electrical connector reduces the free end length of the tab sections retained in the cavities from the front end thereof as compared with that of conventional tab contacts, thereby improving the strength of the tab sections and precluding rocking when the tab sections are inserted in the receptacle sections thereby avoiding deformation near the base portions of the tab sections.

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